“The pilgrim is humble and devout, and human, and charitable, and ready to smile and admire; therefore, he should comprehend the whole of his way, the people in it, and the hills and the clouds, and the habits of the various cities.”

“An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.”

“Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.”

“Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.”